Last Will and Testament

2 blogs in 1 day! Whoa! So I know this is freakishly morbid but as the butterflies in my stomach are either growing or reproducing, I have been thinking that if (God help me) something horrible was to happen to me on this trip there are only 2 things that really stick out in my mind so you bloggers, relay this to my family if the unthinkable happens.

1) Make sure Josie has a good home!!!
2) Bury Floppy with me

My money and belongings mean nothing to me, but Josie is like my baby and Floppy, well if you know us, he's our love monkey aka the symbol of our love.

Derek's only request is to bury him with Marvel vs Capcom 2. I'll trust Danny with that one. ;)

So anyways, I know that this is probably the weirdest (well not weirdest) but a very odd blog, but I felt if I wrote it down it would help me cope with this whole flying thing. Don't get me wrong, I am so stoked to finally be going to Italy, but there's always that chance.

Love Jess

Ciao!!!!

I leave tomorrow night!!!! I can't believe it is FINALLY here. I feel like I've been planning and talking about it for forever.. I am so excited to see Charlie and Dani and look forward to their wedding and sightseeing in (my opinion) one of the most cultured and beautiful countries in the world! I'm still a little nervous about the flight since it is my first time (I'm a travel virgin!! hehe) but I'm hoping for the best.

See you in 11 days!! :)

Kitty learned a new trick!

So we knew it was only a matter of time before Josie discovered that she could get on the counter jump to the fridge to the top of the cabinets to either the beam that separates our living room and kitchen or on top of the coat closet overlooking the stairs and front entry. Well I came home yesterday from work and couldn't find her. I start freaking out until I hear this little "meow" and look up. There she is! Little shit.. hahaha.

Moving

So this weekend was the big move.. and boy did it suck!!!! All throughout last week we moved the smaller stuff like bags of clothes and boxes and left all of the heavy stuff for the movers on Saturday. They showed up around 7:45 (which isn't really early unless you didn't get home til almost 1 because you saw the Dark Knight) so I headed over to the house because the cable co was supposed to show up between 8 and noon. Of course they didn't show up til 11:30 but it gave me time to chill at the house by myself and I snuck in a little catnap lol. So the movers were finally done around noon and my family stopped by to check out the house. My grandpa gave us some needed yard stuff and the folks ordered pizza to celebrate. We went and got Josie around 6 and brought her back to the house.. She had no idea what to think. It was kinda cute to watch her go in and out of the rooms over and over and over again. She would cry anytime we went outside to get more boxes though. But she has been going in her box (knock on wood) so all in all she has been an excellent kitty! We got a lot done with unpacking and we finally called it a night around 11 pm.

I was sooooo sore the next morning! We slept a good 12 hours though.. but then we slooowly made our way out of bed to go back to apt and get the rest of our stuff and clean. My sweet sister helped us thank goodness! It still took us about 4 hours. So anyways, we went to Walmart to get some more stuff and when we were leaving this horrific storm hit. Apparently there were tornadoes.. we didn't see anything but still scary to be out driving in it! There was a lot of debri in our neighborhood but nothing was damaged. So we (meaning Derek) put some curtains up, put some clothes and dishes away, watched some Design Star and went to bed.

I absolutely hate that our weekend was pretty much a waste, but we finally have our home and I could not be happier. Thank you to all of you who helped us, who offered to help us and who have supported us throughout all of this. We hope to be having a "party" soon after we return from Italy... which only 9 days away!!!!!!!

Closure (lets hope there's never a "fore" in front of that! lol)

WE CLOSED!!!!!!! I own a house now!! We did the final walk-thru with the builder yesterday at 4:30 and closed at 6. I don't think its really fully hit me yet..

Anyways, we spent last night packing up most of our clothes. I have 10 full garbage bags so far just for me! haha. Poor Josie was going crazy. She didn't know what to think so she'd get in "pounce mode" (where she waits for you to walk by and then pounces and bites your leg lol) and then just collapse in exhaustion from running around and climbing on all of the boxes and bags.

But tonight we actually plan on starting to move some of the smaller stuff (our art, awkwards things that can't be boxed like the guitar hero guitars and rock band, some clothes, etc) Thursday, with the help of my friend Gweed (hopefully!) and my grandpa's truck we can get most of the boxes, leaving all of the big furniture for the movers on Saturday.

Sound like fun? hahahaha.. I can't wait til its all over with!

The calm before the storm

So its been FOREVER since I last blogged. I took the 4th section of the CPA exam yesterday.. it was alright. I felt well prepared but they always throw a few curve balls at ya. So I pulled it off and I'll only need to retake Auditing in the fall. For those of you who don't know how the CPA exam works, it is split into 4 sections: Auditing, Regulation, Financial Accounting, and Business Environment Concepts. I have passed BEC, FIN and failed the AUD. Each test is split into 5 testlets: 3 multiple choice sections and 2 simulations where you have to research a certain topic, write a memo among other things.. Its a bear!!!

So anyways, I went shopping with Jessica and Adalynn today. She is getting so big!!! I found a dress for Charlie's wedding and some shoes to walk around Italy in.. we also went to Wendy's Bridal and I found a good candidate for the bridesmaid dresses. We'll see.. I need to find a DJ before we leave for Italy.. which is only 3 weeks away! Craziness!

We "broke into" the house last night. They still have a ton to do.. I don't know how they're going to get it all done before Monday, which is our walk thru with the builder. I'm taking my daddy with me because as a carpenter he obviously will have a good eye for mistakes or things that need to be fixed. And we're SUPPOSED to close on Tuesday, but I just got an email from the mortgage lady and the way she made it sound was that it might get pushed back to Thursday. Which ticks me off because we have a limited time frame to move all of our stuff from the apt to the house. We HAVE to be out of this apt by the 23rd. GRR!! This has been the most stressful process.. I'm really glad we built our own house because it was nice to pick everything out the way we wanted it, but at the same time it can so much more frustrated if it doesn't turn out the way you had pictured it.

I don't know.. this next week is going to be hell.

Until next time.. Ciao!